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portscanner		2010-06-29 12:35:10 PM

the post office.

Run by the same government that is going to control your health care.

/ Am I first?

Trance750		2010-06-29 12:35:27 PM

Better late that never, I suppose

xCO2MANx		2010-06-29 12:36:08 PM

Approves

proser		2010-06-29 12:36:58 PM

"He said he called his sister and told her about finally getting the letter and she thought it was "kind of neat."

That about sums it up for me. Kind of.

probesport		2010-06-29 12:38:19 PM

But then who was phone?

VYV		2010-06-29 12:45:27 PM

Yeah, that article was hard to read.
loved this line tho... "I looked at it and said, 'What?'"

illicit		2010-06-29 12:46:07 PM

Now if she had died, making that letter her last coorespondnence to him, that would be interesting.

But it's just a story about a lost letter finally being delivered, ranking it on par with the "library book that was returned X years late" stories. Mildly interesting, but not much to it.

X15		2010-06-29 12:49:59 PM

California is overseas now, Subby?

what_now		2010-06-29 12:50:06 PM

Overseas?

Now living in Ashmore, Dunning was a Marine private stationed at Camp Pendleton in California

daGlandWizard		2010-06-29 01:15:42 PM

The System Works!!!

Kung_Fu_Hamster		2010-06-29 01:17:10 PM

I always had a hard time getting mail when I was in the Corps.

Part of it was due to the half-assed mail system set up at whatever base I was actually at. Most of it was because the mail clerk was always the biggest sh*tbag the unit had, and was stuck in that job as a way to get rid of the dumb bastard.

Hell, I had an easier time getting mail in Iraq than I did in Okinawa, or 29 Palms for that matter.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache		2010-06-29 01:17:10 PM

P.S. Disco sucks.

aspAddict		2010-06-29 01:24:47 PM

Yet they still continue to increase the cost of postage. If I were 35 years late delivering on a project, I doubt I could raise my fees and get away with it.

Just sayin.

daGlandWizard		2010-06-29 01:39:08 PM

Kung_Fu_Hamster: I always had a hard time getting mail when I was in the Corps.

Part of it was due to the half-assed mail system set up at whatever base I was actually at. Most of it was because the mail clerk was always the biggest sh*tbag the unit had, and was stuck in that job as a way to get rid of the dumb bastard.

Hell, I had an easier time getting mail in Iraq than I did in Okinawa, or 29 Palms for that matter.

So how long were you FAP'd to Postal?

/ooh rah

kendelrio		2010-06-29 01:52:54 PM

It was actually a "Dear John" letter..... the slut.

RandomAxe		2010-06-29 02:02:14 PM

Hey, my sister is from 1975, too. Weird coincidence.

the post office.

Run by the same government that is going to control your health care.

Yes, but most of us can't afford private shipping for every letter, either. If I had to Fed Ex my bill payments, I couldn't afford to pay the bills in the first place.

elins'9iron		2010-06-29 02:11:17 PM

That explains what happened to my $300,000 check from that Nigerian Prince that I sent $50,000 to back in 1999.

Summercat		2010-06-29 02:31:10 PM

"That I know of, at least."

Trackball		2010-06-29 02:37:08 PM

RandomAxe: Hey, my sister is from 1975, too. Weird coincidence.

the post office.

Run by the same government that is going to control your health care.

Yes, but most of us can't afford private shipping for every letter, either. If I had to Fed Ex my bill payments, I couldn't afford to pay the bills in the first place.

Pay them online? Privately.

Rickenbacker		2010-06-29 02:42:59 PM

I'll be damned! That's from the local rag! Ashmore?!?

RandomAxe		2010-06-29 03:00:44 PM

Pay them online? Privately.

Works for some things but not for others. The lovely bank that holds my mortgage, for instance, allows online payments, but (A) doesn't guarantee anything unless you still mail in the monthly payment form itself, and (B) doesn't take credit cards -- they want direct access to my checking account. And if they overbill me, oops, I'm the one who's liable for the fallout, unlike with a credit card.

The gas company isn't quite as much of a pain in the ass: They still want direct access to my account, though, and they want to charge a $6 "convenience fee" every month if I pay electronically.

Still, this is all aside from the point as far as the comparison to health care goes.

Mock26		2010-06-29 07:02:32 PM

Kung_Fu_Hamster: I always had a hard time getting mail when I was in the ~~Corps~~ Core.

Part of it was due to the half-assed mail system set up at whatever base I was actually at. Most of it was because the mail clerk was always the biggest sh*tbag the unit had, and was stuck in that job as a way to get rid of the dumb bastard.

Hell, I had an easier time getting mail in Iraq than I did in Okinawa, or 29 Palms for that matter.

"Fixed" that for you!

:-D

/My wife typed this post!

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